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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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way obtain practical experience in ante-natal work. Nurses are also trained at the Maternity Home for the certificate of the C.M.B. The following is a record of the work done at the Maternity Home during 1934:—
| Cases admitted | 173 |
| Average duration of stays (days) | 14 |
| Number of cases notified as Puerperal sepsis | — |
| Number of cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 |
| Number of cases of Infectious Disease | — |
| Number of infants not entirely breast-fed while in the institution | — |
| Number of maternal deaths | — |
| Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or within ten days of birth) | 1 |
The minimum fee during 1934 was £3 for the fortnight at the Maternity
Home and this is the normal duration of treatment. The highest fee charged
during 1934-35 was £9 10s. l1d. for the two weeks and the average fee was
£4 3s. 6d. The nett cost per patient week to the Council was £4 14s. 7d.
for the financial year 1934-1935.
Day Nursery. The Fulham Day Nursery is situated at Eridge House,
Fulham Park Road, S.W.6, and is under the control of a voluntary committee.
The Council makes a grant of £626 per annum to the Day Nursery and also
provides the services of a medical officer, who attends five times weekly.
Children aged from six weeks to five years are admitted to the Nursery; a
small fee is charged. The Nursery is intended for those children whose
mothers must go to work daily. The Matron in all cases receives a report on
the home conditions of the child prior to admission. The rule that only those
children who have been vaccinated are admitted to the Day Nursery has been
rescinded, and now the Nursery admits children who have not been vaccinated.
Several attempts have been made to start Sunlight treatment at the Nursery,
but unfortunately we have not so far been able to have continuity of service
from the trained workers who have kindly volunteered their services.
The following figures show the attendances at the Day Nursery during 1934:—
| Individual children under 3 years | 71 | ||
| Individual children over 3 years | 26 | ||
| WHOLE DAYS:— | |||
| Attendances under 3 years | 4,917 | ||
| do. over 3 years | 2,157 | ||
| 7,074 | |||
| HALF DAYS:— | |||
| Attendances under 3 years | 1,069 | ||
| do. over 3 years | 421 | ||
| 1,490 | |||
| 8,564 | |||